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KARL receives $10,000 Farm Credit grantKansas Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership has received a $10,000 grant from the Farm Credit System Foundation Douglas D. Sims Fund for Rural Leadership. The Farm Credit System Foundation's primary mission is to assist young, beginning, and small farmers and ranchers to thrive as businesspersons in their local and the global agricultural marketplaces. According to John J. Hays, director of the foundation, the grant is a result of a $1 million donation to the foundation by Denver-based CoBank. This contribution created the Douglas D. Sims Fund for Rural Leadership. This money recognizes Mr. Sims' 37 years of dedication to the Farm Credit System and rural America, said KARL, Inc., president and program director Jack Lindquist. Sims recently retired as CoBank's chief executive officer. The CoBank donation is earmarked for programs that focus on the development of rural leaders, particularly those who are committed to making their communities better places to live. Grants of up to $10,000 were awarded to organizations that meet the program criteria. "The contribution from the Sims fund helps attract other capable donors to endorse and support programs like KARL," Lindquist said. "The KARL program builds ethical, sound leadership for the future of the agricultural industry and our rural Kansas communities." Since the first class was formed in 1991, KARL has helped 270 Kansans from 93 counties improve their leadership skills. Each class is together for 50 days of training, activities and tours over a two-year period. KARL participants attend nine in-state seminars; a one-week study tour to Washington, D.C.; a three-day Blue Chip Seminar to an internationally recognized corporation to study strategic corporate management; and a 12-day international study seminar. The two-year tuition fee for each adult student is $3,000 for Class X, now being recruited for the 2009-2011 program cycle. Individuals, businesses, organizations, foundations and corporations donate the remaining fellowship of $12,000 per person covering all expenses including the travel seminars. The KARL program's offices are located at Kansas State University through an in-kind gift of office space and access to services. More information is available on the KARL Web site at http://www.karlprogram.com or by calling the office at 785-532-6300. 11/24/08 Date: 11/20/08
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